Flash-light-battery container.



H. M. KORETZKY.

FLASH LIGHT BAUERY communes.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 12. 915- Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

WITNESSES I 1mm monqsrs HARRY M. KGREIZKY OF YORK,

Application filed August 12, i9iii.

' a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of NewYork. borough of the Bronx. in the countycf the Bronx and State of NewYork, have invented a new angl Im n'oved Flash-Light-Batterv Container,oi which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to flashlight bat" teries .of that type in whicha pluraiity of cells are arranged end to end so as to fit. in a tubularcr cylindrical flashlight casing, and 'the invention has to deai moreparticularly with the container for the coils.

Containers as heretofore constrmzted cone prise a tube of cardboard. ofsuch dia nctcr as to receive the cells, anti in one end of'this tube isinserted a hrttomv which held in place by a label pasted on the outsicieof the tube and bottom. Obviously this method of making the celicontainers is expensive and" requires hand operation in putting taincrtogether, and furthermore, .1

container is of tubular form the containers when storegl away empty takeup considerable space;

The general object of the present inven-- tion is to pro\'i(le, aniniprovcd container which is of comparatively simple and inanpensiveconstruction, reliable and eiiicicnt in use, and so designed that it canhe constructed with minimum material and iaiior.

A more specific object oi the invention the provision of a tubuiarcontainer made tfrvm a single-piece blank with incl-lapping flaps at itscmls forming closures. such laps being provided with opening; throughwhich the battery can be test-oil Khan purchased. but \vhich'areintcmlcilio be torn oii" when the battery is to bc placcd in a hashlightcasing. By making the container of tubular form it can be doubled (latlongi tlulinally while the end flaps are ieft free,

so that the fol lc i blanks take up vcry iittie space before thcv arcfilled.

lVi'th such objects in view, anti others "w ich will appear as thedesecration proowls, the invention comprises var ous novel for tures ofconstruction and arrfiecgncnt .55 il.'-..=tratcs cue einivmliancnt ofthe invention and wherein imilar characters of reference Specificationof Letters Patent.

atcntcd Mar. 21, itiiti.

Serial No. 45,157.

indicate corrcspoiuling parts in aii the viewa. Figure 1 is ,aperspective vicw of a aealut liziitci): Fig. is a longitudinal sectionof the ccntaincr with the cells ihcrciu; Fig. 3 is a .scctionai view onthe line 3 3, Fig. *2: Fin: 4 is a plan view of the blank from which thecontainer is nuulc: and Fig. 5 is a transverse section of a folded emptyblank.

Referring to the drawing. designates the ccntaincr in which the cciis Barc hchi, the ccils being of the usual form and iiifi pozwxwi in (lid toend relation with the pcsifive element of one ccil'cngzagingthc negativeelement of the other cell. The container A is manic from a blank shapedsubatzmtiully an shown in Fig. i. this blank consisting of a rectangularbody 1 with a pair of laps :2 anti 3 at the uppc anai lower edges. thcsi'vic critics lacing adaptcfi to overlap amt be paeteri together whenthe blank is formed into the desired shape. The liaps are into Qrailycor lit'itti with the blank ami are pahtc i ta n81 in su h a manner asin i": 3

the enris of the container. The points of connection of the flaps withthe boil) of the blank are preferably at illiiiiltitltzlll) oppositepoints i. and the blank may he scored at these pcintg so to enable the{hips to be torn is}? when time battery is to be uscii in orrlcr topermit the hatter); to he tc tc i the iiapa 2 and 3 have region-ring:openings 3 an that the terminate at a testing into engage the punitiveelement of one cc'ii ami the ncgiativc element of the otiicr ccll..iftcr the blank is cut out. as shown in Fig. i. thc limly in rolled sothat the :i lccrigcs 43 can bc ovcriuppmi tillti glnrrl togcthcr. Withthe and flag; projecting longitmlinally from the inlvc thin-z tormcri.the iulm is liaitcncil out in the condition shown in Fig. 5 untii it ineicaircd to chartsc the container with the rclle. When this 31: to be(lone the tuinziar container is rcstorwi to tubular form anal the cellsinscrtmi. after which the flaps arc turned inwardly ovcr each othcr and,Illlttl together. it will thus be seen that the container is made of asna e pic-co 5 material and serves asa Fonzprrtc inaulzv tor for theccils, and the llhlltiipi'ifiiitl inattcr contained on a iabcl isprinted directly on the outer surface of the blank.

if iicoircil locking: tabs; 7 may be provided on the outermost tiaps 2analsuch tabs to he tucked in between-the body of the containe-r andthecells so as to hold thecontainer closed without the necessity of pastingthe flaps down, and the tabs 7 if desired may be supplied with paste soas to adhere to the body of the container. \Vhen the container is to beused the end flaps are torn off so as to expose the bottom of thelowermost cell and the. top of the uppermost cell for the purpose ofcontactinl with the appropriate parts of the flashlight casing.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with-the accompanyingdrawing the advantages of the construction and method of operationwillbe readily understood by'those skilled in the art to which theinrention appertains, and while I have described the principle ofoperation together with the. device which I now consider to'be the bestembodiment thereof. I desire to have it understood that the device shownis merely illustrative and that such changes may be made when desired asfall within the scope-of the appended claim.

Haring thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

A container for the cells of a battery coinprising a tube of flexiblematerial adapted. to be collapsed flat when empty and having open endseach provided with a pair of oppositely disposed flaps adapted tooverlup to form closures for the ends of the tube, each flap having anaperture whereby openings are formed in the ends of the con-

